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geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. [ticking] >> in october 2008, with the financial system on the verge of collapse, president george w. bush signed into law a rescue package in which american taxpayers bought up wall street's bad investments. the numbers were staggering, but they didn't begin to explain the greed and the incompetence that created the mess. as we first reported that same week, it all began with a terrible bet, one that was magnified by reckless borrowing, complex securities, and a vast unregulated shadow market worth nearly $60 trillion that had hid the risks until it was too late to do anything about them. it started out as a mortgage crisis. then it slowly evolved into a credit crisis. now it's something entirely different and much more serious. what kind of a crisis is it today? >> this is a full-blown financial storm and one that comes around perhaps one every 50 or 100 years. this is the real thing. >> jim grant is the editor of grant's interest rate observer and one of the country's foremost expe
geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. [ticking] >> in october 2008, with the financial system on the verge of collapse, president george w. bush signed into law a rescue package in which american taxpayers bought up wall street's bad investments. the numbers were staggering, but they didn't begin to explain the greed and the incompetence that created the mess. as we first reported that same week, it all began with a terrible bet, one that was...
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get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. i put away money. i was 21, so i said, "hmm, i want to retire at 55." and before you know it, i'm 58 years old. time went by very fast. it goes by too, too fast. ♪ but i would do it again in a heartbeat. [ laughs ] ♪ ♪ if we want to improve our schools... ... what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ... nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >> as lesley stahl reported in 2009, the coal industry has been looking for ways to dispose of hundreds of millions of pounds of toxic coal ash, the waste product produced from coal-fired power plants across the u.s. >> that hill over there might be 40 feet of coal ash. >> ted yoakam, a lawyer in virginia, says recycling can breed its own disaster. he says that i
get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. i put away money. i was 21, so i said, "hmm, i want to retire at 55." and before you know it, i'm 58 years old. time went by very fast. it goes by too, too fast. ♪ but i would do it again in a heartbeat. [ laughs ] ♪ ♪ if we want to improve our schools... ... what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ... nothing transforms schools like...
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get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. can i still ship a gift in time for christmas? yeah, sure you can. great. where's your gift? uh... whew. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. ship fedex express by december 22nd for christmas delivery. you can stay in and share something... or you can get out there and actually share something. ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is on. this is the pursuit of perfection. two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. [ticking] >> in 2011, steve kroft reported this story that caused quite a stir about best-selling author and philanthropist greg morte
get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. can i still ship a gift in time for christmas? yeah, sure you can. great. where's your gift? uh... whew. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. ship fedex express by december 22nd for christmas delivery. you can stay in and share something... or you can get out there and actually share something. ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is on. this is the pursuit of perfection. two years ago, the people of bp...
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get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. [ticking] >> in 2011, steve kroft reported this story that caused quite a stir about best-selling author and philanthropist greg mortenson. it was the result of a seven-month investigation into the way mortenson ran his nonprofit organization, the central asia institute. our investigation also questioned whether some of the most inspiring and dramatic stories in his books like three cups of tea were even true. though greg mortenson would soon be engulfed in controversy, when the story first aired, he was at the height of his popularity. >> greg mortenson's books have made him a publishing phenomenon and a sought-after speaker on the lecture circuit, where he has attained a cultlike status. [applause] he regularly draws crowds of several thousand people and $30,000 per engagement, and everywhere mortenson goes, he brings an inspirational message built around a story that forms the cornerstone of three cups of tea and his various ventures: how, in 1993, he tried and failed to reach the
get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. [ticking] >> in 2011, steve kroft reported this story that caused quite a stir about best-selling author and philanthropist greg mortenson. it was the result of a seven-month investigation into the way mortenson ran his nonprofit organization, the central asia institute. our investigation also questioned whether some of the most inspiring and dramatic stories in his books like three cups of tea were even true. though greg...